Sudermann

Sudermann, HERMANN, poet and novelist, was born 30th September 1857 at Matzicken in East Prussia, studied at Königsberg and Berlin, and while acting as domestic tutor, and as editor of a small newspaper, produced tales, tragedies, and poems that were unheeded. But the drama Ehre, on somewhat realistic lines, was produced in 1888, and made him famous; and his novels, Frau Sorge (1888; Eng. trans. Dame Care, 1892), Der Katzensteg (1889; trans. Regina, 1898), Im Zwielicht, Iolanthes Hochzcit (1892), Es War (1894), have been widely read. The censor forbade the representation of the tragedy Sodoms Ende (1890). Other dramas were Heimat (1893; trans. Magda, 1895), Die Schmetterlingsschlacht (1896), Das Glück im Winkel (1896), Morituri (1896).